in new york city bulldozers spent the day building up sand dunes. why all the fear? because of what sandy did in the bahamas, killed more than two dozen people across the caribbean. most by falling trees or collapsed buildings. the islands are also recovering from power outages. here's what sandy looked like from space. this picture taken from the international space station. back to my weather maps. let me show you where sandy is forecast to go. up the eastern seaboard. watch the forecast cone move right into new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania, new york city, making landfall as a hurricane in the very heavily populated area. as for what we can expect, up to a foot of rainfall, widespread power outages and also widespread beach erosion. >>> our forecast back here in the bay area, looking much quieter. that's a good thing. coming up in just a few minutes. >>> by the way, that hurricane being felt on the campaign trail. governor romney and joe biden each cancelling weekend events in virginia beach. and there's speculation that it could affect turnout specifically in vi